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Everyone needs reality to punch them in the face every once in a while. Keeps you on guard.

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Scottsdale
Arizona
Every
Punch
Guard
Keeps
Face
Faces
Everyone
Reality
Needs

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